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These animals are waiting for homes at the Galax-Carroll-Grayson Regional Animal Shelter, at 201 Fair St. in Galax. Hours are 1-5 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and 1-4 p.m. Friday-Saturday. For more information, call 236-8501.

Strays without collars are held five days before they are available for adoption. Strays with collars are held for 10 days. The owners of animals with tags are contacted immediately. Animals become available for adoption on a first-come, first-served basis.

HILLSVILLE — The Carroll supervisors — hearing no citizens speak about the 2012 fiscal year proposal — approved a $33.98 million budget during its June 13 meeting.
This included adopting the tax rates with real estate (59.5 cents per $100 valuation) and personal property ($1.60 per $100 valuation) tax rates unchanged.
Including the school funding and library fund, the entire county budget totals $71.9 million

Gas prices are predicted to deter some Virginians from traveling this Fourth of July holiday weekend, with close to 1.1 million expected to celebrate Independence Day with a trip of 50 miles or more from home.
A decrease of about 2.4 percent in the number of travelers is expected from last year’s holiday.
The July 2010 numbers represented a robust increase in the number of Virginian’s traveling for Fourth of July, said Martha Meade of the American Automobile Association.